Min-jae Kim (26), the 'monster defender' of Korean football, scored the second goal in the league and played an active part in karate, leading Italian professional soccer Serie A Napoli to the top of the league.



Min-jae Kim started in the 2022-2023 Serie A round 5 away match against Lazio held at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on the 4th (Korean time), and scored a header to make the score 1-1 in the 38th minute.



Olympiacos won 2-1 with Kim Min-jae's equalizer and Hvizza Kvarachelia's comeback goal in the 16th minute of the second half.



Kim Min-jae, who left Turkiye (Turkey) Fenerbahçe for the Napoli jersey ahead of this season, scored his debut goal in the second round of the league and scored his second goal in three matches, establishing himself as a 'goal-scoring defender'. .



Minjae Kim shook the net by finishing a high RBI header from a corner kick from Fjord Zielinski in the 38th minute.



Both goals in the regular season this season were headers from corner kicks from Zielinski.



Min-jae Kim, who started as a center back in the four-back defense line, played full-time and showed good performance in defense, his main job.



Kim Min-jae, who won three aerial ball competitions, showed stable defense, recording one interception and three kicks.



In particular, the Napoli defense led by Kim Min-jae tied Lazio striker last season's top scorer Chiro Immobile tightly.



In full-time appearance, Immobile made only one shot, and even that failed to produce a shot on target.



Kim Min-jae, who attempted the most passes in the team, 108, also touched the ball the most with 118.



His pass success rate was 85.2%.



Soccer statistics site WhoScore.com gave Minjae Kim the second-highest rating on the team at 7.6.



Kvarachelia, who scored a comeback goal, had the highest rating with 8.0.



Quvarachelia, who had been knocking on the opposing goal throughout the match, scored a comeback goal in the 16th minute, breaking the 1-1 balance by connecting a cutback by André Zambo Anguisa with a powerful right-footed shot from the penalty area.



Lazio, who took the lead with Mattia Chakhani's goal in the fourth minute of the first half, collapsed as Kim Min-jae and Kvarachelia scored in succession.



With this victory, Napoli (11 points) recorded 3 wins and 2 draws in 5 matches, moving up to the top spot in the regular league.



Lazio, who had 2 wins and 2 draws alongside Napoli before this match, suffered their first loss of the season and placed 7th in the league.



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